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Mauritanian soldiers overthrew the elected president in a coup on Wednesday and announced the formation of a military ruling council in the northwest African Islamic state.
Soldiers seized...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader vowed on Wednesday to demand the right to stage marches to press for political reform before presidential and parliamentary elections due in March, despite a...
Shock riots which swept across Senegal's capital Dakar betray growing discontent in one of West Africa's most stable nations, where rising food prices and high unemployment are widening...
Rival supporters in Sierra Leone fought with sticks and stones on Thursday, adding to fears that the build-up to next week's presidential run-off could reopen wounds from the civil war. Dozens...
Police declared a curfew in eastern Sierra Leone on Monday after political violence ahead of next month's presidential second-round runoff which left several people injured.
Riot police fired tear gas at opposition supporters who rioted in
townships in Malawi's economic capital Blantyre on Sunday after the
candidate of the ruling party was declared the winner of the...